Directed by Sergei Livnev • 1994 • Russia

A dizzying exercise in postmodern parody, this nineties cult gem from Sergei Livnev delves into the dark heart of Stalinist cultural production. The tale of a simple female tractor driver who undergoes an experimental gender reassignment procedure before being drawn into the dark heart of Soviet power, Hammer and Sickle is a queer comedy, a bleak satire, and an explosive reimagining of the iconography of the twentieth century, all in one.

HAMMER AND SICKLE • СЕРП И МОЛОТ
Written and directed by Sergei Livnev
Cinematography by Sergei Machilsky
Music by Leonid Desyatnikov
Starring: Aleksei Serebryakov, Evdokiya Germanova, Alla Kliouka

In Russian with English subtitles